LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_AlphaBlend referenced in function nk_gdi_rect_multi_color

Have anyone experienced the following error:

LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_AlphaBlend referenced in function nk_gdi_rect_multi_color

According to some __imp_AlphaBlend is found in the msimg32.lib and I have included it as well as gdi32.lib and user32.lib in VS2022

Start by reviewing the Windows/GDI backend around nk_gdi_rect_multi_color and reproduce the VS2022 linker error with the reported msimg32.lib, gdi32.lib, and user32.lib inputs. Done means determining why __imp_AlphaBlend remains unresolved and documenting or correcting the project configuration needed to link successfully.

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